People Fixing the World Episodes Available now
Life-saving surgery, but not by a doctor
Nurses and midwives in Ethiopia are being trained to perform emergency operations
Portugal, drugs and decriminalisation
In 2001 Portugal decriminalised personal drug use to tackle a heroin crisis.
Can capturing carbon buy us time to tackle climate change?
The projects that are trying to take CO2 out of the atmosphere
Can sleep deprivation help treat bipolar disorder?
An Italian doctor asks patients to stay awake all night, to try to allay their depression
Audience takeover: Your plastic solutions
We hear what you, our listeners, are doing to tackle the problem of plastic waste.
Reinventing the ranch
Can the cattle ranch be updated to fight climate change?
Working Less For The Same Pay
Some companies are cutting the hours their staff work but keeping their pay the same
Could a device invented in the 1930s help end period poverty?
The people hoping to use sanitary pad micro-factories and silicone cups to help women
The tree detectives tackling illegal logging
Scientists are building a database to help them tell exactly where wood has come from
The reuse and refill revolution
Should we reuse and refill plastic packaging to limit the amount being thrown away?
